exists

英 [ɪɡˈzɪsts]

美 [ɪɡˈzɪsts]

v.  存在; 实际上有; (尤指在困境或贫困中)生活，生存
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 存在;实际上有
  If somethingexists, it is present in the world as a real thing.
  1. He thought that if he couldn't see something, it didn't exist...
     他认为自己看不见的东西就不存在。
  2. Research opportunities exist in a wide range of pure and applied areas of entomology...
     纯理论昆虫学和应用昆虫学的众多领域都存在着研究机会。
  3. When Alfred Adler first postulated in 1908 that there existed an inborn instinct of aggression Freud argued against it.
     当艾尔弗雷德·阿德勒于1908年首次提出人生来就有攻击性本能的假设时，弗洛伊德对此表示反对。
• VERB （尤指在逆境中）生存，生活
  Toexistmeans to live, especially under difficult conditions or with very little food or money.
  1. I exist from one visit to the next...
     我的生活就是一个接一个的访问。
  2. I was barely existing.
     我勉强维持生计。
  3. ...the problems of having to exist on unemployment benefit.
     不得不靠失业救济金过活的那些问题

双语例句

• Salt exists in many things.
  许多东西里有盐分。
• For the faculty, there exists the triad of responsibilities: teaching, research, and service.
  教员要承担三重责任：教学、研究与服务。
• This may help to undermine the brittle truce that currently exists.
  这也许会火上浇油，破坏当前脆弱不稳的休战局面。
• It exists in dreams rather than actuality.
  它存在于梦境而非现实中。
• However you dress it up, a bank only exists to lend money.
  无论你如何粉饰，银行就是为了放贷而生的。
• Sufficient research evidence exists to support this contention.
  有足够的调查证据支持这个观点。
• The technology to allow relief workers to contact the outside world via satellite already exists
  能够让救援人员通过卫星与外界联系的技术已经存在。
• Data from Voyager II has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists
  “旅行者二号”发回的数据给天文学家们提出了一个难题：离我们最远的那颗行星为什么会存在。
• It's not just that a gulf exists in living standards — there's a psychological ravine.
  不仅仅是生活水平上存在巨大差异，心理上也有鸿沟。
• No one exists in a vacuum.
  没有一个人是生活在真空中的。